The Role of Serotonin in Axon and Dendrite Growth

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 106, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-126

  Trakhtenberg, Ephraim F ^a   Goldberg, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon growth; Axon regeneration; Dendrite growth; Neurite growth; Serotonin; Serotonin receptors

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1D RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 4 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 5 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 7 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DENSITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITE GROWTH; HUMAN; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE ELONGATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 84870561950     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407178-0.00005-3     Document Type: Chapter

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